Baptism

Through Baptism we are made into the children of God - the adopted Children of God.  Fr Maliekal has an interesting narration with regard to this 'adoption'. Two children, one of them an adopted child, were arguing.  The adopted one finally stated, "You were born of your mother's womb;  I was born in her heart."  So when speaking of being adopted children, we are all born of God's heart.  

Fr Maliekal added this last bit to his sermon this morning: Baptism is a gift and a task.  Given freely but for a commission.  And what would that mission be?  The Second Reading of the day specifies that: '... doing good to all' (Titus 2: 14).